Allied Health Professions at Iowa State University

If you are interested in studying allied health professions, you may want to check out the program at Iowa State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Allied Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa State Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

Iowa State Allied Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the allied health progam at Iowa State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The allied health major at Iowa State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	159
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	179
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	197
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	347
	352
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	382
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	859
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	999
	1,187
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,408

Allied Health Student Demographics at Iowa State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at Iowa State University.

Iowa State Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in allied health from Iowa State. About 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical allied health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in allied health at Iowa State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Iowa State also has a doctoral program available in allied health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

If you plan to be a allied health major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Iowa State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Athletic Training	13

Related Majors

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Health Specialties Professors	2,760	$156,320
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	2,540	$35,760
Health Technologists and Technicians	1,200	$42,590
Physician Assistants	1,000	$110,550
Respiratory Therapists	950	$53,870

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.